{"id":9850,"date":"2020-01-23T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2020-11-11#038;p=9803"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:47:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:47:22","slug":"naugatuck-river-greenway-steering-committee-2020-11-11-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/event\/naugatuck-river-greenway-steering-committee-2020-11-11-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Naugatuck River Greenway Steering Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Rescheduled from November 11*\u00a0 Regular Meeting of the Naugatuck River Greenway Steering Committee<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public are welcome and can send a request for a meeting login link to abudris@nvcogct.gov.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NRGSC_2020-12_Agenda.pdf\">MEETING AGENDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NRGSC_2020-12-Notes.pdf\">MEETING NOTES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video recording of this meeting is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8nYM_9X5mAQ\">NVCOG YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">This meeting will focus on updating the <span class=\"x_markvasyam3rc\">NRG<\/span> Trail Priorities planning document first developed in 2015.\u00a0 Updated priorities will help guide the development of the\u00a0<span class=\"x_markvasyam3rc\">NRG<\/span>\u00a0Trail over the coming years, and help communities make stronger requests for funding of trail sections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">Staff has developed an updated\u00a0<span class=\"x_markvasyam3rc\">NRG<\/span>\u00a0Sections Status\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/0biy89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">MAP*<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/NRG_SectionStatus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">SPREADSHEET<\/a>\u00a0that will be referenced during the priorities discussion.\u00a0 Please review prior to the meeting and send any edits or changes to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:abudris@nvcogct.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">abudris@nvcogct.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">The NRG Steering Committee has previously discussed using the following criteria to identify regional trail section priorities:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">A trail section that connects two complete or soon to be complete sections of NRG Trail, or;<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">A trail section that connects a complete or soon to be complete section of NRG trail with an important destination or population center, or;<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">A section that requires little investment or effort to complete (low-hanging fruit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">Using those criteria, staff has compiled a list of potential priorities going forward (see map and spreadsheet above for details):<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">TORR-2 (East Main Street\/ Franklin to East Albert Street) \u2013 Connecting completed trail to Downtown Torrington.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">LITC\/HARW-3 (Campville Hill Road to Wildcat Hill Road) &#8211; Shared roadway concept presented in Thomaston to Torrington Routing Study can be completed with very little investment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">WTTN-1 (Branch Brook Road to Frost Bridge Road) \u2013 Connecting to trail designed in Thomaston. Was previously seen as low hanging fruit.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">WTBY-3 (West Main Street to Eagle Street) \u2013 Connecting Downtown to section under construction.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">NAUG-1 (Naugatuck River Access Park to Pulaski Bridge) \u2013 Connecting completed section in Naugatuck to Waterbury Phase I under construction.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">BEAC-3 (Route 42 to Toby\u2019s Pond) \u2013 Connects completed section in Beacon Falls to trails at Toby\u2019s Pond<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">SEYM-1\/BEAC-5 (Toby\u2019s Pond to Bank Street) \u2013 Connects Toby\u2019s Pond to completed section in Seymour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">*Map Note* &#8211; When zoomed out beyond the town level, the map displays generalized\u00a0<span class=\"x_markvasyam3rc\">NRG<\/span>\u00a0Route Sections that correspond to the sections in the spreadsheet (and in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NRG-Section_Priorities_2015_10_23_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">2015\u00a0<span class=\"x_markvasyam3rc\">NRG<\/span>\u00a0Priorities<\/a>\u00a0document).\u00a0 Zooming in beyond the town level, the map will display a\u00a0<span class=\"x_markvasyam3rc\">NRG<\/span>\u00a0Trail Segment layer with more specific information about individual segments of trail within trail sections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Rescheduled from November 11*\u00a0 Regular Meeting of the Naugatuck River Greenway Steering Committee Members of the public are welcome and can send a request for a meeting login link to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[77],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9850"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvcogct.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=9850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}